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Published notice: International open invitation to tender no. 1300 (D - Munich)

Procurement, between 2008 and, at the latest, 2010, of approximately 1 040 filing cabinets, 650 wardrobe cupboards and 170 shelved cupboards

1. Awarding authority:

   European Patent Organisation, through the European Patent Office: Headquarters, Erhardtstrasse 27 D-80469 Munich; postal address: European Patent Office, D-80298 Munich.
   The European Patent Organisation is an intergovernmental organisation set up pursuant to the European Patent Convention, which entered into force in 1977. It now has 32 member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ellas, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom). The executive body of the EPO is the European Patent Office, which is charged with the searching and examination of European patent applications and the granting of European patents. It employs approximately 6 700 staff at EPO headquarters in Munich, a branch at The Hague/Rijswijk (NL) and sub-offices in Berlin and Vienna (the number of member states and staff members is subject to change).

2. Award procedure:

   Public international invitation to tender with discretionary award of contract

3. Description of the contract:

   1. Purpose of the contract:

      Procurement, between 2008 and, at the latest, 2010, of approximately 1 040 filing cabinets, 650 wardrobe cupboards and 170 shelved cupboards

   2. Division into lots:

      not applicable

   3. Deposits and guarantees required:

      not applicable

   4. Main terms of payment:

      Within 30 days of acceptance

   5. Qualifications required by law:

      not applicable

4. Place and period of performance:

   1. Place of performance:

      Premises of the European Patent Office in Munich, e.g.:

      • Erhardstrasse 27, 80331 Munich
      • Bayerstrasse 34, 80335 Munich
      • Grasserstrasse 9, 80335 Munich
      • Landsbergerstrasse 30, 80339 Munich
      • and other EPO premises in Munich

   2. Period:

      The contract is to begin in 2008 and end in 2010 at the latest.

5. Variants:

   not permitted
   

6. Requests for the Procurement Documents and receipt of bids:

   1. Name and address of department from which the Procurement Documents and clarification of the Procurement Documents may be requested:

      European Patent Office
      Procurement Department
      Tender No. 1300
      Erhardtstrasse 27
      D-80469 Munich
      Postal adddress:
      EPO,
      D-80298 Munich,
      Fax: +49-89-2399-4497
      mntenderclarifications@epo.org
      The Procurement Documents may be requested by letter, fax or e-mail.

   2. Final date for receipt by the EPO of requests for the Procurement Documents:

      27 August 2007, 12.00 hrs (CET)

   3. Final date for receipt by the EPO of requests for clarification:

      10 Septembert 2007 12.00 hrs (CET)
      Requests for clarification are to be sent by letter, fax or e-mail.

   4. Final date for receipt of bids/number of copies to be sent:

      28 September 2007, 12.00 hrs (CET)
      one further copy, in addition to the original bid to be marked as such
      Bids are to be submitted by letter only, not by fax or e-mail.

   5. Address to which requests for clarification and bids must be sent:

      as in point 6(a)

   6. Language or languages in which requests for clarification and bids must be drawn up:

      English, French or German.
      The Procurement Documents are available in English, French or German.

7. Legal form of consortium in the event of a joint bid:

   If several bidders submit a joint bid, one must be designated as prime contractor responsible for performance of all obligations under the contract.

8. Information and evidence concerning the bidder's financial and economic standing and technical and professional competence:

   See Procurement Documents

9. Period during which the bidder is bound by his bid:

   Twelve months from the final date for submitting bids as in point 6(d)

10. Criteria for the award of contract:

    Stability, ergonomic aspects, possibility of recycling, compliance with emission guidelines (no unnecessary drill-holes), general visual concept, price.
    The order in which the criteria are listed does not imply any significance or weighting.

11. Other information:

    It is currently expected that the contract will be awarded in the fourth quarter of 2007.